. >> reporter: they're nothing new in american campaigns but modern technology has a new era of attacks under the veil of an anymorety. >> i'm pretty certain that he'll be a rogue operation, it is not a national effort to smear obama. >> reporter: when weapon went to the main doors of cc advertising which bills itself a research and data acquisition firm, the door was locked and the employee who saw us grabbed her computer and raced away. no comment from the obama campaign. the romney camp told us we have nothing to do with these texts. by the way, flannery is on the board of directors at the fairfax county chamber of commerce. and the chamber's former vice president of government relations. andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> all right, and many of our viewers tell us they've already reported this to the fcc. in fact the fcc rules ban many text messages sent to mobile phones using an autodialer unless you give consent to receive the messages or some sort of emergency. go our website wusa9.com for the link to the fcc. >>> the president spent the day in new jersey surveying sandy's aftermath.